Concurrent Validity of the Multidimensional Health Profile—Health Functioning Scales (MHP-H) in the Pre-operative Assessment of Applicants for Gastric Bypass Surgery

Authors: Lanyon, Richard; Maxwell, Barbara; Karoly, Paul; Ruehlman, Linda

Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, Volume 14, Number 1, March 2007 , pp. 41-49(9)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The concurrent validity of a brief screening test, the Multidimensional Health Profile-Health Functioning (MHP-H) was examined in conjunction with a much more lengthy pre-operative assessment procedure in 449 applicants for gastric bypass surgery (GBS). The MHP-H is a 69-item screening inventory that assesses five areas of health functioning: Adult Health History, Health Habits, Health Care Utilization, Health Beliefs and Attitudes, and Response to Illness. The more lengthy procedure included a comprehensive 273-item structured interview plus the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), Basic Personality Inventory (BPI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The MHP-H showed significant correspondence with the more comprehensive assessment on measures of potential relevance to outcome in GBS, supporting the use of the MHP-H as a low-cost alternative to the more extensive procedure. The utility of the MHP-Psychosocial Functioning (MHP-P), a companion instrument to the MHP-H, was demonstrated in an earlier study.

Keywords: Gastric bypass surgery; Bariatric surgery; Multidimensional Health Profile; Health psychology assessment

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10880-007-9054-y

Affiliations: 1: Email: rlanyon@asu.edu

Publication date: 2007-03-01